"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Dull at ( কাঁচা ) He is dull at Physics.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • By far ( সর্বাংশে ) He is by far the best boy in the class.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story